Cultural Politics of Art in Iran - Modernism, Exhibitions, and Art Production

"In a key contribution to postcolonial art history, Katrin Nahidi offers a comprehensive study of Iranian modernist art since the 1950s. Using extensive fieldwork, interviews, and archival research, Nahidi contextualizes these artworks and shows their crucial role in shaping ideas around national identity and anti-colonialism"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Exhibitions of modern Iranian art - the construction of a secular heritage; 2. Cultural politics in Pahlavi Iran - Tmoca's architecture and the evolution of Gharbzadegi in arts and politics; 3. 'Saqqakhaneh revisited' - the art of historiographical construction of a local modernism; 4. Jalil Ziapour and the Fighting Rooster Association (Korus-e Jangi); Conclusion.

About the author

Katrin Nahidi is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Graz. She has taught at the University of Graz, University of Osnabrück, and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Her articles on Iranian Modernism have been published in academic journals, including kritische berichte, Stedelijk Studies, and Artl@s Bulletin.

Product details

• Authors: Katrin Nahidi, Katrin (Universitat Graz Nahidi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009361378
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0936137-8
• No. of pages: 301
• Series: The Global Middle East
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Iran, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, ART / Middle Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, History of Art, Regional / International studies, Constitution: government & the state